The nurse is interviewing a teenage patient. To get the most accurate information, which of the following therapeutic statements made by the nurse would best encourage the teenager to give detailed information?
A) Do you like members of the opposite sex?
B) Do you go out on dates frequently?
C) Are you sexually active?
D) Do you have oral, anal, or vaginal sex?
Question 2
A new mother complains that she is exhausted and that the little sleep she gets is determined by her baby's daytime naps and the few hours the baby sleeps during the night.
The nurse discusses with this mother the importance of helping the infant establish healthy sleeping patterns. Which of the following would be most helpful for this mother to do to encourage healthy sleeping patterns? The mother should:
A) put the baby to bed at various times of the evening.
B) let the baby cry during the night and she will eventually fall back to sleep.
C) use the crib for sleeping only, not for play activities.
D) wake the baby from afternoon naps after 1 hour to ensure she is sleepy by nighttime.
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